I fondly remember playing with my Skip-It, and the few times I injured myself or my friends! Nonetheless, I loved my Skip-It, produced by Tiger Electronics. If you aren’t familiar with Skip-It, it was an apparatus designed to be affixed to the child’s ankle via a small plastic hoop and spun around in a 360 [...]
Archive for June, 2008
After the recent release of Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, kids are clamoring for Indiana Jones toys. Hasbro created toys so that kids can pretend to be Indy. The new toys include the iconic Indy whip, a sword and a cool playset among others. Here are a few of the Indiana Jones [...]
Introduced in 1956, this messy modeling clay for kids was originally intended for cleaning wallpaper. Little did creators Noah McVicker and Joseph McVicker know that their utilitarian invention would become a popular childhood ‘toy’ - and the scourge of parents everywhere who have to clean up after playtime. Since its invention, over 2 billion cans [...]
Stretch Armstrong was by far the coolest toy for boys and girls alike! First made by Kenner in 1976, this action figure was unique in that you could pull on the arms and legs and stretch Armstrong without breaking him…or so the company’s advertising claimed. Armstrong’s body was well-muscled, dressed in a pair of swimming shorts, [...]
If you’re wondering what’s happening with the Bratz/Barbie case, Carter Bryant testified that he was inspired to create the Bratz after seeing advertisements in the magazine, Seventeen, but he didn’t specify which ones.
I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself when reading this story at Toy News Online, because, when questioned about the role of certain ads in the [...]
The National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention has arrived here in Kansas City. Now if you’ve read my previous article about Barbie and Bratz, you know that I am not a big fan. However, in light of the convention being in town, I thought it would be fitting to talk about Barbie doll history (it’s quite interesting).
Although I still [...]
I have to admit, I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that as a child, I had an ungodly amount of stuffed animals. At the peak of my stuffed animal collecting, I had over 250 furry friends! My favorite brand of stuffed animal was Pound Puppies, made by Tonka. The Pound Puppies craze led to a TV special, an animated TV series, [...]
Normally, a science experiment gone wrong produces useless things, things like a monkey with three heads, or a radioactive supervillain, or some sort of intelligent and highly toxic sludge-creature who goes about devouring cities. Very rarely does it produce a toy.
That’s exactly what happened with Silly Putty, though. The liquid/solid/whatever plaything was originally invented by [...]
Photo courtesy of Loren Sawyer of the Onawa Sentinel
I know this post is completely off-topic, but I felt it was important.
Last night, tornadoes ripped through the midwestern states, including my home state, Kansas. Central Kansas was hit hard. There have been two deaths reported and extensive damage to Kansas State University.
The real tragedy, however, occured [...]
This post is an article by guest writer David Smith, who edits the Toy Talk site. His blog is full of great toy news and reviews, and there are toy giveaways as well. I highly encourage you all to check it out! David and I are going to be exchanging articles regularly to give our [...]
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